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May 31st 2010:“Fix Congress First!”

Dr. Lawrence Lessig, Professor at Harvard Law School, Director of the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics, and one of America’s top visionaries, joins ZOOM’D for a frank and compelling look at a central facet of change for the future: restoring public trust in government by addressing the flow of big-money lobbying in politics. With special interests funneling millions of dollars into our elections—and a new Supreme Court ruling giving corporations and unions even more power over our government—confidence will not be regained until this flow of money is curtailed. Right now, a fortuna

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Lawrence Lessig

Lawrence Lessig is director of the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics and a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. With a focus on law and technology, especially copyright law, his current work addresses “institutional corruption”: relationships which are legal, even currently ethical, but which weaken public trust in an institution. The author of several books including Remix (2008), Free Culture (2004), and The Future of Ideas (2001), he has won numerous awards and was named one of Scientific American’s Top 50 Visionaries. He serves on several boards including Creative Commons, MAPLight, and Change Congress. Prior to returning to Harvard, he taught at Stanford Law School, where